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The transferring of domains occurs quite often, and that’s because registrars usually have a falling out (or simply just want a change) regarding their current registrar. The process depends on where you’re moving the domain, but it’s essentially the same structure throughout. There are a few crucial steps you need to be aware of if you’re going to go about it properly, so we figured we’d lay these steps out for you (just to make it a bit easier). If you’re still having trouble with transferring your domains to a different registrar this should help immensely, so make sure you soak up as much information as possible when you’re reading this article.

Alert the administrative authorities that you’re going to be transferring your domain to a different registrar, which is where you’ll give them your domains information (just to make sure that it’s actually the owner authorizing the transfer). You have to give them the proper e-mail that’s associated with your domain name, and you absolutely must make sure the information you give them is accurate. If it isn’t, it could result in a longer processing time when it comes to transferring your domain (because you’re going to have to contact them all over again with the proper registration details pertaining to your domain).

If you need to you can also cancel your PR (Protected Registration) or DPB Private Registration, because you won’t need it on your former registrar. From here all you need to do is unlock your domain name, which is relatively easy (it all depends on which registrar you’re currently with, so a quick search should help you in that regard).

From here you can contact your new registrar and see if an authorization code needs to be implemented in order for the transfer to go through, if it does get a hold of it and begin the actually transferring process. You might have to ask the new registrar for help when you’re going about switching the domain, but they will more than likely be happy to help you out.

Once the transfer has officially been put into place your old registrar should e-mail you and notify you of your next steps (most registrars just ask if you’re going to accept the transfer or not). After this e-mail (and after your acceptance) it can take a couple of days for the domain to register on the new registrar, but the entire ordeal is a lot easier than most would have previously thought.

Most people would think that switching their domains to a different registrar could be a daunting task, but they would be wrong. It’s quite easy to go about doing it, it’s just how you do it that makes (or breaks) the “tough” phenomenon surrounding it. If you’re aware of how to do it properly you aren’t going to have any troubles with any domains in the future, simply because the process is easy enough to follow.

Top Level Domains (TLDs) play an important role when it comes to having the right domain name, and you always want to have the right one for your business (or any online endeavors for that matter). There are an abundance of TLD’s to look at, but we’re going to walk you through some of the major ones (as well as why you should consider using them). There are tons of different reasons why you should pick a particular TLD, and if you don’t know what those reasons are you could make the wrong decision. The most common TLD’s you’re going to see are .com and .org (even .net in some specific cases), but those aren’t the ones you need to be using. There’s a lot of different options, so the information we’re providing here really is a gold mine.

.COM

The .com domain is ideal or any businesses (or individuals) who want to be known as an American operation. More specifically they want to be known as a United States webpage, and that’s why so many of the sites we see today withhold the .com TLD. Not only that, but most people think that .com is the norm when it comes to domain names, and they would be right. Whenever you type something in your browser the automatic recommendation is “yourphrasehere.com”, and that’s because so many people prefer to use the .com TLD over others.

.CA

This is the TLD that most Canadian webmasters make use of, and it’s pretty much for the simple fact that they want to be known as such. Being Canadian is always something to be proud of (as is any other heritage), so it’s always nice to ensure your consumers where your base of operations is. This is especially useful if your target market is a Canadian audience, because authenticity is something that every visitor can enjoy.

.NET/.ORG

Non-profit organizations make prevalent use of the .org TLD, and it’s pretty obvious why. Organizations need to be known as such, and this TLD is the perfect way to let your visitors know what you’re about. This isn’t always the case, as you could just try and find a high quality domain that’s been registered under .com, but not .net or .org. There are a bunch of different situations that call for a .org or a .net, so it’s nice to keep these in mind.

.CO.UK

Pretty much the same thing with this, appealing to your local crowd with a familiar TLD will always draw in a larger crowd. Sometimes you want to be represented from another region if you’re trying to reach a different crowd, which is why most businesses register a domain under multiple TLD’s (so they can control multiple regions regarding that specific domain).

There’s a whole list of circumstances that call for each of these TLD’s, and all you’ve got to do is weigh your options. When you think about it you’re going to get the best possible answer sooner or later, just be sure to refer to this article when you’re choosing or consult with the experts at Sphere – IT Support London

DNS (Domain Name System) is something that webmasters need to be completely informed of. Most aren’t even sure what the entire process is about, but that’s why this article was written in the first place! The DNS takes domains and readable hostnames (like www.example.com) and converts them into machine-readable request. They change them into IP addresses, so instead of the human-ready URL the machine is simply reading the IP address that it’s been converted into. Not only that, but it also provides a plethora of extra information regarding domains, and that includes things like mail services (or anything else that relies on the database).

Why So Important?

DNS is important to understand because it’s what connects everybody to everything, it’s pretty much like a notebook full of contacts for your internet endeavours. You might know somebodies name (or e-mail) but not their hostnames, which is where DNS comes into play. As opposed to searching high and low for it, the DNS process acts like a phonebook and connects you to the right person at the right time. If the DNS process wasn’t implemented the internet as we know it would be completely different, as we would be connection to IP addresses (like http://112.23.134.110, which is a random IP address, so I wouldn’t recommend connecting to it!)

The process isn’t that complicated either, firstly the computer goes through the resolving process pertaining to a hostname (which would be a domain name/URL). The first place that gets accessed is the local DNS cache within your machine, which is always storing information that has been accessed by your computer on a consistent basis. If the computer hasn’t already gone through the process and found the answers once, it needs to go through a DNS query to properly operate.

This is where ISP (Internet Service Providers) come into play, because your computer then accesses their recursive DNS servers to find the proper IP address. These particular servers have their very own cache of information, and their sole purpose is to go through these DNS queries whenever it’s required (this is usually what happens).

From here the TLD namesevers get accessed if the hostname hasn’t already been located, and although it doesn’t give us the exact address we need the Top-Level Domain nameservers do point us in the right direction. From here the machine asks the authoritative nameservers (which is usually a websites hosting company that controls all of the information). Since they’re responsible for specific domains computers quickly access their necessary IP addresses, and then from here they get stored in your DNS records for future use.

There are a bunch of different records, but since we’re looking for a websites address this would be an “Address Record”. The recursive server goes through the process of retrieving the Address Record for the site at hand, which is usually obtained from the authoritative nameservers. From here the records are stored in the cache, and from there the computer itself simply receives the “answer” (being the IP address they’ve been trying to get the entire time!). A lengthy process for something that seems so simple.